Trousers-creaser.



No- 803,784. PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

A. W. PROGTOR.

TROUSERS CREASER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18.1905.

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ALFRED WATERS PROCTOR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y'.

TROUSERS-CREASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

Application filed July 18, 1905. Serial No. 270,221.

To all whom, 2125 may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED WATERS PRbc- TOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of. New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers- Creasers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an appliance for keeping trousers creased.

A common method of hanging up trousers so as to keep them in proper shape is by means of a sort. of clamp I comprising two blades of sheet-steel, between which the ends of the trousers-legs are inserted and by which they can be conveniently hung up. While this device serves to somewhat restore the shape and appearance of a pair of trousers, it is not effective to restore the creased appearance which trousers acquire when pressed; and it is the object of my present invention to provide a device to supplement the hanger above described and by which trousers may be maintained in the perfect condition that they assume when new from the hands of the tailor.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the above character which shall be simple and easy to construct, eificient in operation, and having a minimum number of parts.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, combination, location, and arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth,

as shown in the accompanying drawings, and

finally particularly pointed out in the ap pended claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the parts of a trouser-creasing appliance embodying the principles of my invention in approximately the positions they occupy when as- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same applied to a pair of trousers. a sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a slight modification.

It will be understood that it is desirable to maintain a certain crease in a pair of trousers in order to prevent bagging at the knees thereof and other objectionable wrinkles, and the method which is usually employed of having a tailor press the goods from time to time with a heated iron has certain drawbacks on account of the inconvenience, the wear and injury to the goods, and, above all, the lack of uniformity, it being evident that the trousers Fig. 3 is acquire an excessive sharpness when first pressed, becoming less creased as worn until they are objectionably baggy, the period when they are just right being relatively small. In damp and humid weather the crease rapidly disappears; but, on the other hand, in this kind of weather the goods are best adapted for being recreased by a simple pressure. I take advantage of this fact in the use of my invention.

Referring now to the drawings, and to the various views and reference-signs appearing thereon, in which like parts are designated by the same reference-sign wherever they occur, 1 and 2 indicate a pair of gripping jaws or blades. I have shown spring-blades having a certain amount of curvature for a purpose which will later appear; but I do not desire to be limited or restricted to this form, since it is evident that widely-varying forms of gripping or pinching jaws may be used. In the form shown the blades 1 and 2 are formed with integral ears 3, A, and 5, which are bent at right angles to the blades.

6 and 7 indicate U-shaped jaw supports or holders, and in the preferred form of my invention I form these holders of sheet metal, which is doubled or bent overinto a U shape and provided with apertures 3, 4L, and 5 in their lateral arms or faces. The ears 3 and 4 are adapted to be inserted into the apertures 3 and 4, after which the ends of the ears may be peened or hammered down, so as to be virtually riveted to the holder or support 6. In like manner the ear 5 is inserted into the aperture 5 and peened or headed down thereon, so as to form a virtually-riveted connection.

The lower end of the blade 2 is left plain, so as to be free to move toward and from the support or holder 7 and be held thereto when desired by being inserted beneath one of the leaves or faces thereof in the manner shown in Fig. 3.

While I have shown and described particular forms of blades and holders, it is evident that the invention may be embodied in other forms of gripping-jaws, it being merely essential to provide a pair of jaw-surfaces which are pressed toward one another in use to clamp a fabric therebetween.

The operation is as follows: The trousers having been hung up in the usual way, the jaws l and 2 are spread apart by any convenient means, as by their natural resiliency, and the edges of the trousers areinserted into the space between the jaws. The blades 1 and 2 are now conveniently brought together and the end of the blade 2 passed under the outer arm or part of the holder 7, after which the resiliency of the material is effective to apply a uniform clamping pressure to the folded fabric between the blades throughout their entire length. It is evident that the effectiveness of the device is directly proportional to its need, it being more effective in damp and humid weather, when there is the geatest need for its use, than in cold dry weather, when the fibers of the cloth are hard and resilient, so that the cloth does not change its shape readily.

The particular apparatus used for the performance of my invention may be widely modified and still fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, aslightmodifieation is illustrated in Fig. 4, in which the holder 12 is formed fiat, with apertures 13 14 therein, and the ends of the blades 15 16 have ears 13 141, which can enter and be headed over in the apertures 13 14.

What 1 claim is 1. A trouser-creasing appliance comprising apair of jaws or blades of curved form whereby they may be impelled toward one another throughout their length, and means for maintaining them in gripping relation.

2. A trouser-creasingappliancecomprising a pair of curved jaws or blades adapted to be placed over the usual crease of a pair of trousers, and maintained in gripping relation thereon by their own resiliency.

3. A trousercreasingappliancecomprising a pair of curved spring-blades, and a pair of holders or supports for maintaining said blades in pressing relation to the crease of a pair of trousers.

4. A trouser-creasing appliance comprising a pair of curved spring-blades, a U-shaped holder or support fastened to each of said blades at one end thereof, and a second U- shaped holder or support fastened to the other end of one of said blades.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED WATERS PROOTOR.

Witnesses:

ALBERT F. NATHAN, WALDO M. CHAPIN. 

